July 15
Today is the 197th day of 2016, there are 169 days left in the year.
1606 - The painter Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Netherlands.
1869 - Margarine was patented in France by Hippolyte Mege Mouries.
1870 - Georgia became the last of the Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
1918 - The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
1940 - Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man at 8 feet, 11.1 inches, died.
1948 - Gen. John J. Pershing, whose leadership in World War I earned him the title General of the Armies of the United States, died in Washington, D.C.
1964 - Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.
1971 - President Richard Nixon announced he would visit the People's Republic of China.
1975 - The Russian Soyuz and the U.S. Apollo launched. The Apollo-Soyuz mission was the first international manned spaceflight.
1979 - President Jimmy Carter delivered a speech in which he lamented what he called a "crisis of confidence" in America. Though he didn't use the word, it became known as the "malaise" speech.
1992 - Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in New York City.
1996 - MSNBC, a 24-hour all-news network, made its debut on cable television and the Internet.
1997 - Fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot to death outside his home in Miami; suspected gunman Andrew Philip Cunanan was found dead eight days later.
2002 - John Walker Lindh, an American who fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to two felonies in a deal sparing him life in prison.
2002 - A Pakistani judge convicted four Islamic militants in the kidnap-slaying of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl.
2007 - The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles announced it was settling clergy sex abuse cases for $660 million.
2010 - BP stopped the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico after 85 days using a 75-ton cap lowered onto the well earlier in the week.
2011 - Rupert Murdoch accepted the resignation of The Wall Street Journal's publisher, Les Hinton, and the chief of his British operations, Rebekah Brooks, as the once-defiant media mogul struggled to control an escalating phone hacking scandal.
Birthdays
26 - Olly Alexander (actor)
27 - Tristan Wilds (actor)
28 - Aimee Carrero (actress)
33 - Heath Slater (professional wrestler)
34 - Aida Yespica (model)
35 - Taylor Kinney
37 - Travis Fimmel (actor)
39 - Lana Parrilla (actress)
40 - Diane Kruger (actress)
40 - Gabriel Iglesias (comedian)
43 - Brian Austin Green (actor)
44 - Scott Foley (actor)
49 - Adam Savage (TV host)
52 - Shari Headley (actress)
55 - Forest Whitaker (actor)
64 - Terry O'Quinn (actor)
66 - Arianna Huffington (entrepreneur)
70 - Linda Ronstadt (singer)
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Today in Sports History - July 15
1876 - The first recorded no-hitter in American major league baseball is recorded as George W. Bradley of the St. Louis Brown Stockings no-hits the Hartford Dark Blues.
1920 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees ties the major league single season home run record with 29.
1960 - Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles goes 5-for-5 at the plate, including hitting for the cycle.
1968 - The ABA's New Jersey Americans become the New York Nets.
1969 - Rod Carew ties a major league record by stealing home for the seventh time in one season.
1972 - Lee Trevino wins a second consecutive British Open.
1973 - California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan throws his second no-hitter in a 6-0 win over the Detroit Tigers. He became the first pitcher in more than 20 years to throw two no-hitters in one season.
1973 - Willie McCovey becomes the 15th player in major league history to hit 400 home runs.
1975 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 6-3 in Milwaukee.
1980 - Johnny Bench hits his 314th career home run, breaking the record for catchers held by Yogi Berra.
1986 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 3-2.
2007 - The Philadelphia Phillies lost for the 10,000th time in franchise history.
2008 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 4-3 in 15 innings in New York City. It is the longest All-Star Game ever, lasting four hours and 50 minutes.
Today is the 197th day of 2016, there are 169 days left in the year.
1606 - The painter Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Netherlands.
1869 - Margarine was patented in France by Hippolyte Mege Mouries.
1870 - Georgia became the last of the Confederate states to be readmitted to the Union.
1918 - The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
1940 - Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man at 8 feet, 11.1 inches, died.
1948 - Gen. John J. Pershing, whose leadership in World War I earned him the title General of the Armies of the United States, died in Washington, D.C.
1964 - Sen. Barry Goldwater of Arizona was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.
1971 - President Richard Nixon announced he would visit the People's Republic of China.
1975 - The Russian Soyuz and the U.S. Apollo launched. The Apollo-Soyuz mission was the first international manned spaceflight.
1979 - President Jimmy Carter delivered a speech in which he lamented what he called a "crisis of confidence" in America. Though he didn't use the word, it became known as the "malaise" speech.
1992 - Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in New York City.
1996 - MSNBC, a 24-hour all-news network, made its debut on cable television and the Internet.
1997 - Fashion designer Gianni Versace was shot to death outside his home in Miami; suspected gunman Andrew Philip Cunanan was found dead eight days later.
2002 - John Walker Lindh, an American who fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan, pleaded guilty to two felonies in a deal sparing him life in prison.
2002 - A Pakistani judge convicted four Islamic militants in the kidnap-slaying of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl.
2007 - The Roman Catholic archdiocese of Los Angeles announced it was settling clergy sex abuse cases for $660 million.
2010 - BP stopped the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico after 85 days using a 75-ton cap lowered onto the well earlier in the week.
2011 - Rupert Murdoch accepted the resignation of The Wall Street Journal's publisher, Les Hinton, and the chief of his British operations, Rebekah Brooks, as the once-defiant media mogul struggled to control an escalating phone hacking scandal.
Birthdays
26 - Olly Alexander (actor)
27 - Tristan Wilds (actor)
28 - Aimee Carrero (actress)
33 - Heath Slater (professional wrestler)
34 - Aida Yespica (model)
35 - Taylor Kinney
37 - Travis Fimmel (actor)
39 - Lana Parrilla (actress)
40 - Diane Kruger (actress)
40 - Gabriel Iglesias (comedian)
43 - Brian Austin Green (actor)
44 - Scott Foley (actor)
49 - Adam Savage (TV host)
52 - Shari Headley (actress)
55 - Forest Whitaker (actor)
64 - Terry O'Quinn (actor)
66 - Arianna Huffington (entrepreneur)
70 - Linda Ronstadt (singer)
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Today in Sports History - July 15
1876 - The first recorded no-hitter in American major league baseball is recorded as George W. Bradley of the St. Louis Brown Stockings no-hits the Hartford Dark Blues.
1920 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees ties the major league single season home run record with 29.
1960 - Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles goes 5-for-5 at the plate, including hitting for the cycle.
1968 - The ABA's New Jersey Americans become the New York Nets.
1969 - Rod Carew ties a major league record by stealing home for the seventh time in one season.
1972 - Lee Trevino wins a second consecutive British Open.
1973 - California Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan throws his second no-hitter in a 6-0 win over the Detroit Tigers. He became the first pitcher in more than 20 years to throw two no-hitters in one season.
1973 - Willie McCovey becomes the 15th player in major league history to hit 400 home runs.
1975 - The National League wins the All-Star Game 6-3 in Milwaukee.
1980 - Johnny Bench hits his 314th career home run, breaking the record for catchers held by Yogi Berra.
1986 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 3-2.
2007 - The Philadelphia Phillies lost for the 10,000th time in franchise history.
2008 - The American League wins the All-Star Game 4-3 in 15 innings in New York City. It is the longest All-Star Game ever, lasting four hours and 50 minutes.
